Tag Archives: America

Poem of the Day: America by Walt Whitman

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

America

by Walt Whitman

Centre of equal daughters, equal sons,
All, all alike endear’d, grown, ungrown, young or old,
Strong, ample, fair, enduring, capable, rich,
Perennial with the Earth, with Freedom, Law and Love,
A grand, sane, towering, seated Mother,
Chair’d in the adamant of Time.

American Images, Part Four

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

The Rat Pack by Phil Stern

We’re only a few hours away from America’s 250th birthday!  And what would an American birthday party be without some American celebrities of the present and the past?

Joan Crawford by Ruth Harriet Louise

Bobby Darin and Sandra Dee by Leo Fuchs

Marlon Brando by Leo Fuchs

Mary Badham and Gregory Peck by Leo Fuchs

Natalie Wood by Alan Grant

Marilyn Monroe and Jack Benny by Phil Stern

James Dean by Phil Stern

John Wayne by Phil Stern

Bruce Conner, Toni Basil, and Teri Garr by Dennis Hopper

Paul Newman by Dennis Hopper

Tuesday Weld by Dennis Hopper

Robert Downey, Jr. by Mary Ellen Mark

Meryl Streep by Mary Ellen Mark

Johnny Depp by Mary Ellen Mark

American Images, Part Three

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

Though it was celebrated long before that, the 4th of July has been an official holiday since 1941.  In honor of Independence Day’s long history, here are some vintage photographs from 4th of July’s of the past.  As you can see, you don’t always need fireworks to celebrate America’s birthday (but it helps!).

1920s

1923

1925

1939

1942

1956

1960s

1969

1970s

1976

1987

1996

 

Get Ready For The 4th With These American Paintings!

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

by Tom Cannady

We are just a few days away from the 4th of July and the 250th birthday of America.  Here to help you get in the mood are a few paintings that capture America and Americans at different times over the past 250 years.

by Mort Kunstler

by Tom Lovell

by Graig Kreindler

by Gil Cohen

by Gil Cohen

by Tom Cannady

by Graig Kriendler

by Tom Cannady

by Graig Kriendler

by Gil Elvgren

by Max Ginsburg

by Max Ginsburg

by Tom Lovell

Artist Unknown

by Alan Bean

by Alan Bean

by Juan Valesquez